Caruso Bedevils Admirals

The teams exchanged five-on-three power play goals in the opening period. Nicklas Bergfors opened scoring at 3:49 when he one-timed a Jon DiSalvatore feed through the legs of Norfolk netminder Karri Ramo.

The Admirals struck back ten minutes later with a one-timer of their own. Blair Jones sent a slap shot from the top of the left faceoff circle past Lowell goaltender Dave Caruso at 14:43.

Lowell took a 2-1 lead midway through the second period. Matthew Corrente sent a shot from the right point through a screen that beat Ramo five-hole at 12:44.

Rod Pelley doubled Lowell’s lead midway through the final frame as his snap shot from the left faceoff dot went over Ramo’s shoulder at 11:04. Pelley added an empty-net goal with 23 seconds remaining for a 4-1 final score.

The Admirals will return to Scope with three games next week centered around Thanksgiving: Wednesday versus the Springfield Falcons, and Friday and Saturday versus the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. There are several exciting promotions planned for the week, beginning with Family Fun Pack Night, Student Rush Night, USA Hockey Night and a Domino’s Pizza Oven-Baked Sandwich giveaway on Wednesday. Please visit norfolkadmirals.com for more details.

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Notes … Norfolk finished its season-long seven-game road trip at 2-4-0-1 after starting with two wins and a shootout loss … The three-goal margin ended a stretch of six consecutive one-goal games for the Admirals … Andrew Hutchinson now has points and assists in four consecutive games (0G, 5A) … Wyatt Smith has points in three straight games (1G, 3A) … Scratches: F Pete Zingoni, D Jamie Heward and D Vladimir Mihalik ... F Steve Downie served the second game of a three-game suspension levied by the American Hockey League yesterday … Attendance: 1,445.